The impressively looking skeleton was noticed on a beach at the Kronotsky Bay, east of Kamchatka Peninsula.

Wildlife inspector Aleksey Inishen photographed it while patrolling this area of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve.

This must have been a male killer whale, experts said.

‘Marine biologist Vladimir Vertyankin explained that this is the skeleton of a male killer whale.

'It is quite likely that the carcass got washed ashore at the end of spring, and it arrived just on time for hungry post-hibernation bear to have their first snack’, said Marina Vorontsova from the administration of the reserve.